Do you know who did?

This young dog has been seen waiting at the corner of this rural Blount County Road for three days now. She sits. She waits for the owner who left her here all alone. She won't let me get close enough to remove the rope she is dragging. She won't eat. She won't drink. She waits.

Unlike the heartless b@stard who left her here she has plenty of company from the kindness of strangers. Every dog in the neighborhood is taking turns waiting with her. Who says dogs can't talk? These well loved family pets know more about this pup's story than we ever will.

Currently, Blount County has one single Animal Control Officer and I talked with Josh this morning about our little brindle gal. He has such a large backlog of calls like mine that it will be a good many days before he can come and try to help this pup.

Our local rescue groups are overwhelmed and we desperately need this new Blount County Animal Shelter and more Animal Control Officers. You can help, yes you can. Have a garage sale to raise some money. Stick a few things on eBay and send the money to the new shelter. Get your pet spayed or neutered. And take a close look at the pup in the photo. Do you know who she belonged to?

And you folks in the animal world- start blogging. I know most of you have websites but not all of you have the time to keep the sites up todate because you are busy out doing animal care work. But how can we the general public know what goes on from day to day in and around the Blount County animal world if you don't tell us?